Enslaved People Named: Newman, Seaborn
On March 4, 1862, Wm. John Way, Liberty County, used as collateral on a debt of $780 to Charlotte C. Morrall, Liberty County, “a certain negro by the name of Newman about twenty one years of age and a certain negro by the name of Seaborn about nineteen years of age, both of said negroes being sound and well.” Witnessed by E.B. Way, James D. McConnell, Notary Public. Recorded on May 28, 1862, by S.A. Fraser, Clerk. [NOTE: Marked as “Satisfied. S.S. ?Bonnard? Agent for Mrs. C.C. Morrall. 28 Apr. 1863. Entered this 20th April 1863. S.A. Fraser, Clerk”]
Source: Family Search.org. Liberty County Superior Court “Deeds and mortgages, 1777-1920; general index to deeds and mortgages, 1777-1958,” Film: Deeds & Mortgages, v. O-P 1854-1870,” Record Book P, p. 221 (image #482). (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-RS5P-Y?i=481&cat=2923580)